Johannes Gutenberg School (Cologne)
| Johannes Gutenberg Secondary School Cologne Municipal Secondary School Cologne-Godorf |
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| type of school | secondary school |
| School number | 160430 |
| founding | 1969 |
| address |
Johannes-Gutenberg-Schule |
| place | Cologne-Godorf |
| country | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 51 '7 " N , 6 ° 58' 17" E |
| carrier | city Cologne |
| student | 615 |
| Teachers | 39 |
| management | Michael Roske |
| Website | www.jgs.koeln |
The Johannes-Gutenberg-Schule, Städtische Realschule Köln-Godorf , also Johannes Gutenberg Realschule Köln , Johannes-Gutenberg-Realschule Köln-Godorf , Johannes-Gutenberg-Realschule Godorf and Realschule Godorf , is an urban Realschule in the North Rhine-Westphalian city of Cologne . It was founded in 1969 in the former community of Rodenkirchen , which was incorporated into Cologne in 1975 and has since been part of the Cologne district of Rodenkirchen . Within the city district, the school is located in the Godorf district on Kuckucksweg.
The school, which is equipped with modern information technology , increasingly uses new media in its lessons , and one of its main focuses is computer science lessons . The football - school team in 2012 reached the national final of school league in indoor soccer .
history
Foundation and early years
On March 14, 1969, the Council of the former municipality of Rodenkirchen decided on 1 August 1969 secondary school in the form of setting up a secondary school for boys and girls. The new school initially used the building of the former Montessori school in what was then the Meschenich district and then received additional classrooms through the installation of pavilions . In addition, classes were moved to the Immendorf elementary school and a cellar room in the local library .
Relocation in 1972, extensions, new school board
In 1972 the company moved to the building of the former Johannes Gutenberg secondary school in Godorf. In the following years the school was structurally expanded and equipped according to the changing requirements of a secondary school. In 1975 Godorf was incorporated into Cologne and the school administration passed to the city of Cologne. As a result of the increasing number of pupils, up to four classes in grades 5 and 6 were taught in a branch of the school in Cologne- Sürth for several years .
Extension in 2004, renovation of the old building, further development
After an extension was completed on the school premises in 2004, the branch in Sürth was closed. A new gym with a climbing wall had already been built in 2002 . The old building was then renovated. As part of a project week in October 2006, an art object was created outside the school. In collaboration with the Rodenkirchen youth art school, a wall mosaic was created that depicts the school's namesake, Johannes Gutenberg . In 2008 the school got a cafeteria that is open every day.
Today the school complex includes not only the school buildings u. a. two gyms. The new outdoor sports facilities are currently (2012) still under construction. The school has classrooms, science rooms, computer science rooms, special facilities for art and music as well as a school kitchen and a technical room. The auditorium is equipped with a sound system and a large video projection system.
principal
- Herbert Hunze (1969–1980)
- Siegfried Born (1980–1997)
- Wilma Wojtczak (1997 – September 2008)
- Provisional school management: Michael Roske, Andreas Koch (October 2008 – May 2010)
- Michael Roske (since June 2010)
Architecture and buildings
From 2001 to 2004 the school was expanded according to plans by the Cologne architect Siegfried Vogel. Based on the existing building structure, a two-storey extension building in the form of an atrium was built with monopitch and flat roofs and connected to the old building with a staircase. The resulting inner courtyard serves as a workshop. A two-hip facility was created parallel to Buchfinkenstrasse . The expansion measures included a. 17 new classrooms, two science rooms, machine, technology, art, textile and multi-purpose rooms, a school library designed as a self-study center and a media library , as well as a teacher and parents' consultation room and a room for the student council. A new gym with a climbing wall was built on the school's sports field (completed in 2002); the free-standing building was also equipped with a pent roof. The total cost amounted to about 8.4 million euros . The client was the building management of the city of Cologne.
The renovation work in the old building was completed in 2005. a. The roof and the facades were renovated, the windows were renewed and the administration area was converted. The total costs for this amounted to around 1.2 million euros; The client was also the city of Cologne.
One of the school's computer rooms
Wall mosaic with motifs related to Johannes Gutenberg
Climbing wall in the new gym from 2002
Numbers, dates and organization
In the 2011/12 school year, the staff comprised a total of 39 teachers who looked after around 615 students in 23 classes with an average of 27 students.
In 2004 the number of students was 560.
The Johannes Gutenberg School in Godorf is the only secondary school in the Rodenkirchen district of Cologne . It is designed in four sections and divided into three levels: Grades 5 and 6 form the test level , grades 7 and 8 the intermediate level and grades 9 and 10 the upper level. In the intermediate level, there is a differentiation according to the inclinations of the pupils. a. some subjects are taught in courses outside of the class.
In 2011, around 15 percent of the school's students did not come from the Cologne city area, but from the surrounding area.
Educational concept
General and foreign languages
The school's mission statement is “We cannot command the wind, but we can set the sails!” ( Durham Board of Education ; German: “We cannot command the wind, but we can set the sails correctly!”). In addition to imparting specialist knowledge, your main educational goal is to impart interdisciplinary skills such as learning and social skills. Methodically, the school u. a. New forms of teaching and learning (NLL) according to Klippert , but also other learning methods and different forms of method training for students.
English is taught as the first and compulsory foreign language in grades 5 to 10 , and French as a second foreign language in grade 6 . At the end of the 6th grade, the students and their legal guardians decide whether to continue French lessons or to choose a different specialization subject. In the 7th grade, the process of finding a career begins as well as the differentiation of inclinations into the following four main areas:
- foreign language
- scientific-technical
- musically-artistically
- social science
In the upper level (grades 9-10) the second foreign language or the inclination courses are continued, in addition, participation in a partly multi-year study group is added. To prepare for a career choice , u. a. a three-week internship, training advice and application training take place.
Information technology and new media
All classrooms are equipped with internet access. The school also has two computer rooms with 23 computers each. In addition, there are currently six laptop classes at the school as part of a pilot project by the City of Cologne (as of 2019). All students in these classes have a private laptop and are taught in specially equipped classrooms, each with WiFi and a projector . Up to 25 students can be included in a laptop class. A quarter of the students are now registered in laptop classes.
Interactive learning is promoted through the use of Moodle , namely through the course-oriented provision of working materials and learning activities on this virtual learning platform and their corresponding cooperative use by the students.
Funding concept
The school's funding concept includes a. the fifth lesson in the main subjects and additional support hours. In addition, tutors are active at the school : As part of the GTI Godorfer Tutoren Initiative , particularly high-performing students in grades 9 and 10 help the 5- and 6-graders in the form of small group work. For the tutors, the concept of “ learning through teaching ” is also implemented.
Other offers include a. Student talk days, learning contracts and reading mentors.
All-day care, advice and assistance
As part of all-day care there are u. a. lunch options for all pupils and educational day care with homework support and other activities, as well as homework help, support offers and other activities in the afternoon.
The school has two advisory teachers who provide technical and educational help. The school's advisory services for students and their guardians include: a. Violence prevention , boys and girls promotion, as well as career choice coordination, etc. a. with the help of a “career choice pass” for each student.
Further advice and support services at the school include a. Sports assistants , mediators and Schulsänitäter .
Working groups and projects
School choir and school band
There are several working groups (AGs) and projects in the field of music . Since the 2002/03 school year, students in grades 5 and 6 have been able to sing in the lower school choir . A choir from grade 8 is currently (2012) under construction. There is also a teacher-student project choir .
In addition, all students who play an instrument at the music AG participate as band - workshop is organized. In addition, an instrumental ensemble in the form of a guitar group and a dance group have been offered since the 2011/12 school year .
School team
In 2010 the school's boys' soccer team was founded. Since then she has played u. a. in the German school league , which is considered the "largest German indoor tournament for school teams". The team of Johannes Gutenberg School Godorf was able to qualify in the 2012 season and took - in the age group U 17 (boys) - in June 2012 on the official national finals of the League in Wiesloch part.
School life
School and public
The school regularly supports the socio-medical Ometepe Project Nicaragua (POA), founded in 1993, for the residents of the Nicaraguan island of Ometepe in Lake Nicaragua . B. in 2009 by collecting donations for the German-Nicaraguan aid project by means of a sponsored run organized by her .
At the school there is a student and parent representative (school guardianship).
The long-term school newspaper Kratzbürste comes out once or twice a year.
The school management regularly issues letters to parents informing them of current developments at the school. A school yearbook is also published every school year . The school operates an extensive website that is designed and updated by the school's homepage group .
Partnership and student exchange
Starting in the 2012/13 school year, a German-French student exchange with the partner school “Collège Paul Éluard” in Vénissieux , a suburb of Lyon , was set up. Pupils in grades 7–9 with a foreign language focus, i. H. Students in these grades who are learning French as a second foreign language. The German group will go to Lyon in October 2012 and the return visit will be in May 2013. In a working group, joint German-French projects are worked out on "Moodle".
Support association
The school has a non-profit school support association , the support group of Johannes-Gutenberg-Realschule e. V. Cologne-Godorf . The Friends' Association supports school plans and projects in an ideal and material way. B. the equipment of the second computer room and the student library as well as numerous purchases, such as the new sound system for the auditorium, musical instruments and sports equipment, equipment for physics and computer science lessons, materials for art lessons and sports and play equipment for the break. He also supported individual students on class trips and made financial contributions to project weeks and events in the school, such as Carnival and Christmas.
Web links
- Website of the "Johannes-Gutenberg-Realschule-Cologne"
- Profile of the Johannes-Gutenberg-Schule, Städtische Realschule Köln-Godorf on the Cologne education portal www.bildung-koeln.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Jörg Fleischer: The end of all temporary arrangements. Johannes Gutenberg Realschule got a gym and an extension. In: Kölnische Rundschau of June 26, 2004. See online print on the school website (→ Interactive → Press review ); Retrieved June 23, 2012.
- ↑ Realschule finally offers space for all students. 8.4 million euros for the extension and new gym. In: Kölner Wochenspiegel from June 30, 2004. See online print on the school website (→ Interaktiv → Pressespiegel ); Retrieved June 23, 2012.
- ↑ a b Ulrike Süsser: And yet it was finished. Joy of school expansion. In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger from July 1, 2004. See online print on the school website (→ Interactive → Press Review ); Retrieved June 23, 2012.
- ↑ a b City of Cologne, Department for Education, Youth and Sport / Integrated Youth Welfare and School Development Planning : Integrated Youth Welfare and School Development Planning Cologne 2011 → curriculum vitae-related perspective on the educational areas . City of Cologne, Office for Press and Public Relations, Cologne 2011, p. 165. PDF file, 8.38 MB; Retrieved June 24, 2012.
- ^ Johannes-Gutenberg-Realschule Köln: School program from November 2005. See online file on the school website (→ Our school → School program ); PDF file, 153 kB; Retrieved June 24, 2012.
- ^ Tanja Toku: BBS students in the national finals . In: Verdener Nachrichten of March 20, 2012. Retrieved on June 24, 2012.
- ↑ Johannes-Gutenberg-Realschule in Cologne-Godorf hands over donation from their sponsored run for Ometepe . On: Website of the Ometepe Project Nicaragua (www.ometepe-projekt-nicaragua.de) from June 27, 2009. Accessed June 24, 2012.